16% of all U.S. jobs depend upon the health of the nation's $1.25 trillion agricultural economy

75% of recently emerging infectious diseases that affect humans began as animal diseases

60% of animal pathogens are zoonotic: transmissible between animals and humans

Making agriculture and public health more resilient
through early detection, diagnosis, prevention, response, and recovery

VACCINES

Providing biological countermeasures to better protect animal agriculture, public health and the economy.
Through its biological research, the Institute for Infectious Animal Diseases (IIAD) develops vaccines to help meet more...

AgCONNECT

Empowering emergency managers to make better decisions under the pressure of disease outbreaks.
AgConnect™ is a suite of customizable data integration and analysis products designed to enhance situational awareness.
The more...

OUTREACH

Preparing researchers, workers and responders to protect the supply of beef, pork, poultry, milk, eggs and other food products.
Through its Education and Outreach theme, the Institute for Infectious Animal Diseases (IIAD) more...